Early access (English Wikipedia)

Romano, Sal (June 6, 2025). "SCUM launches June 17". Gematsu. Retrieved June 9, 2025.
Romano, Sal (August 25, 2022). "Second Extinction launches October 20". Gematsu. Retrieved August 25, 2022.

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Ralph, Nate (October 2, 2013). "Betting on betas: Why the early access phenomenon is risky business". Computerworld. Archived from the original on October 16, 2013. Retrieved October 16, 2013.

ign.com (Global: 53^rd place; English: 44^th place)

Dinsdale, Ryan (October 29, 2024). "Path of Exile 2 Early Access Release Date Pushed to December". IGN. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
Gilyadov, Alex (July 26, 2017). "Fortnite Hits 500,000 Digital Pre-Orders". IGN. Retrieved July 29, 2017.

indiegamemag.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Berling, Dale (October 28, 2011). "Alphafunding - The New Trend?". Indie Game Magazine. Archived from the original on May 15, 2013. Retrieved October 16, 2013.

joystiq.com (Global: 1,728^th place; English: 1,213^th place)

Prell, S. (August 26, 2014). "Feature: Early Access, as told by the devs that live there". Joystiq. Retrieved August 26, 2014.

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"Star Citizen". Kickstarter. April 6, 2013. Retrieved March 15, 2020.

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Hernandez, Patricia. "The Story Behind Unturned, One Of Steam's Newest Top Games". Kotaku. Retrieved January 5, 2017.

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Grayson, Nathan (October 8, 2015). "I Love When A Steam Early Access Game Gets It Right". Kotaku. Archived from the original on October 10, 2015. Retrieved October 9, 2015.

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Walker, Alex (January 5, 2016). "GTA 5 And Fallout 4 Still Ruled Steam In 2015, But Indies Had A Good Run". Kotaku. Archived from the original on January 6, 2016. Retrieved June 24, 2016.

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Galyonkin, Sergey (August 24, 2015). "HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL ON STEAM". Making Games. Archived from the original on August 29, 2015. Retrieved September 25, 2015.

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Neal, Chris (October 17, 2021). "Star Citizen financial report outlines over £1M in paid dividends to investors as of last year | Massively Overpowered". Retrieved December 7, 2024.

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Chalk, Andy (April 11, 2018). "The Dauntless open beta begins in May". PC Gamer. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
Litchfield, Ted (December 26, 2023). "2023 was the year I got fed up with seeing those 'early access' deluxe editions where you pay more to play the game a few days early". PC Gamer. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
Wolens, Joshua (December 28, 2024). "Too many games released busted, broken, and basically in early access this year—it's time for it to stop". PC Gamer. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
Stanton, Rich (January 5, 2022). "Over a decade after release, Project Zomboid attracts an astonishing horde of players". PC Gamer. Retrieved August 6, 2025.
Brimbaum, Ian (December 23, 2013). "Kerbal Space Program dev on random solar systems, the joy of failure and the "cult" of Steam". PC Gamer. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
"Unturned review (Early Access)". PC Gamer. July 17, 2014. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
Savage, Phil (September 22, 2014). "Tim Schafer explains Spacebase DF-9's unexpected v1.0 release". PC Gamer. Retrieved September 22, 2014.

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Bensen, Julian (March 20, 2013). "Steam now selling early access to games". PCGamesN. Retrieved October 16, 2013.
Bailey, Dustin (February 12, 2020). "Besiege finally goes 1.0 in February, after five years of Early Access". PCGamesN. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
"After two years, Fortnite is still somehow in early access". PCGamesN. October 15, 2019. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
Boudreau, Ian (June 30, 2018). "Slay the Spire has sold a million copies in Early Access". PCGamesN. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
Arguella, Diego (March 4, 2020). "How streaming revolutionised indies like Hades and Slay the Spire". PCGamesN. Retrieved March 4, 2020.

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Kuchera, Ben (January 13, 2013). "How the Humble Store may challenge Steam: the business of helping indie devs sell games". Penny Arcade Reports. Retrieved October 16, 2013.

polygon.com (Global: 180^th place; English: 133^rd place)

Tach, Dave (May 19, 2014). "GOG 'looking at' launching a service like Steam Early Access for games in development". Polygon. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
Kuchera, Ben (April 5, 2017). "Mass Effect: Andromeda becomes an early access game after launch". Polygon. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
Goslin, Austen (November 13, 2019). "Early access changed everything about games". Polygon. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
Gies, Arthur (March 3, 2016). "Paragon will be totally free-to-play — but not in early access". Polygon. Archived from the original on April 7, 2016. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
McWhertor, Michael (June 30, 2020). "Fortnite is out of 'early access,' Save the World no longer going free to play". Polygon. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
Hall, Charlie (December 22, 2017). "PUBG creator on the rise of China and the future of Battlegrounds". Polygon. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
"About Early Access Reviews". Polygon. April 22, 2014. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
Kuchera, Ben (January 4, 2014). "Unfinished, unfair and brutally difficult: What developers should steal from DayZ". Polygon. Retrieved January 4, 2014.

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Wang, Zijin (April 4, 2023). "Crab Champions is a crab shoot 'em up sequel to that dancing crab meme". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
Smith, Adam (May 4, 2017). "Oxygen Not Included drifts onto Early Access May 18th". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved June 9, 2017.

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"A Final Update on Second Extinction". Second Extinction. October 16, 2023. Retrieved October 17, 2023.

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Li, Roland (January 3, 2021). "How S.F.'s Supergiant made 'Hades,' one of 2020's most acclaimed video games". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved March 25, 2021.

technologyreview.com (Global: 1,943^rd place; English: 1,253^rd place)

"Markus Persson". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved April 17, 2023.

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McCutcheon, Andrew Glen (January 26, 2016). "Darkest Dungeon developers find success in B.C.'s growing gaming industry". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved January 28, 2016.

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Scaurus, Mark (October 19, 2012). "Exclusive Interview Star Citizen's Chris Roberts". The Mittani. Archived from the original on February 23, 2017.

theverge.com (Global: 114^th place; English: 90^th place)

Welch, Chris (March 20, 2013). "Steam Early Access lets gamers buy and play titles still in development". The Verge. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
D'Orazio, Dante (January 25, 2015). "DayZ has sold 3 million copies even though it's still in development". The Verge. Retrieved December 13, 2018.

usgamer.net (Global: 2,202^nd place; English: 1,338^th place)

Bailey, Kat (November 14, 2017). "Opinion: Nominating PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds for Game of the Year is a Terrible Idea". US Gamer. Archived from the original on November 15, 2017. Retrieved November 15, 2017.

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Minotti, Mike (February 10, 2017). "Conan Exiles hits 320,000 sold after one week on Steam Early Access". Venture Beat. Archived from the original on February 10, 2017. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
Minotti, Mike (September 5, 2017). "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has sold 10 million copies in six months". Venture Beat. Archived from the original on June 14, 2021. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
Grubb, Jeff (June 23, 2017). "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds surpasses $100 million in revenue". Venture Beat. Archived from the original on June 23, 2017. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
Grubb, Jeff (November 14, 2017). "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and GOTY: It's about art vs. product". Venture Beat. Archived from the original on November 15, 2017. Retrieved November 15, 2017.

vg247.com (Global: 1,057^th place; English: 782^nd place)

Saed, Sharif (September 30, 2016). "No Man's Sky is "unfinished and repetitive" because "math can't always create meaning" says Geoff Keighley". VG247. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
Martin, Matt (June 6, 2017). "Epic's craft-and-loot shooter Fortnite starts paid early access on PS4, PC, Xbox One next month". VG247. Retrieved July 11, 2018.

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De Meo, Francesco (March 29, 2020). "Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord Early Access Release Moved Forward To March 30th". Wccftech. Retrieved March 27, 2020.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

Ralph, Nate (October 2, 2013). "Betting on betas: Why the early access phenomenon is risky business". Computerworld. Archived from the original on October 16, 2013. Retrieved October 16, 2013.
Berling, Dale (October 28, 2011). "Alphafunding - The New Trend?". Indie Game Magazine. Archived from the original on May 15, 2013. Retrieved October 16, 2013.
Wawro, Alex (January 28, 2016). "GOG launches its own take on Steam's Early Access service". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on January 29, 2016. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
Nutt, Christian (May 13, 2016). "Itch.io launches Refinery, an early access toolset". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on May 14, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
Gies, Arthur (March 3, 2016). "Paragon will be totally free-to-play — but not in early access". Polygon. Archived from the original on April 7, 2016. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
Scaurus, Mark (October 19, 2012). "Exclusive Interview Star Citizen's Chris Roberts". The Mittani. Archived from the original on February 23, 2017.
Minotti, Mike (February 10, 2017). "Conan Exiles hits 320,000 sold after one week on Steam Early Access". Venture Beat. Archived from the original on February 10, 2017. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
Walker, Alex (January 5, 2016). "GTA 5 And Fallout 4 Still Ruled Steam In 2015, But Indies Had A Good Run". Kotaku. Archived from the original on January 6, 2016. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
Horti, Samuel (August 1, 2018). "How player criticism helped make Dead Cells the game it is today". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on August 1, 2018. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
Minotti, Mike (September 5, 2017). "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has sold 10 million copies in six months". Venture Beat. Archived from the original on June 14, 2021. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
Grubb, Jeff (June 23, 2017). "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds surpasses $100 million in revenue". Venture Beat. Archived from the original on June 23, 2017. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
McAloon, Alissa (December 21, 2017). "Now out of Early Access, Battlegrounds crosses 30M players". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on December 23, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
Sterling, Jim (April 11, 2014). "Salt Of The Earth - A Steam Fail Story". The Escapist. Archived from the original on May 31, 2014. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
"Double Fine™ - Action Forums". Archived from the original on February 21, 2015. Retrieved February 21, 2015.
Wales, Matt (September 28, 2020). "Generation Zero company's co-op dino FPS Second Extinction enters PC early access next month". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
Bailey, Kat (November 14, 2017). "Opinion: Nominating PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds for Game of the Year is a Terrible Idea". US Gamer. Archived from the original on November 15, 2017. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
Grubb, Jeff (November 14, 2017). "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and GOTY: It's about art vs. product". Venture Beat. Archived from the original on November 15, 2017. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
Galyonkin, Sergey (August 24, 2015). "HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL ON STEAM". Making Games. Archived from the original on August 29, 2015. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
Grayson, Nathan (October 8, 2015). "I Love When A Steam Early Access Game Gets It Right". Kotaku. Archived from the original on October 10, 2015. Retrieved October 9, 2015.

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JP [@vectorpoem] (November 24, 2014). "Yep, I was one of the 12 people Double Fine laid off on Friday" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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